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Add to your community by joining our Russian Culture Club! The Russian Culture Club is kicking of their first meeting of the year with a Meet and Gree

Careers with Russian Studies he Russian Studies program hosted a panel “Careers with Russian Studies,” with five alumni of the program who shared thei

Begin your journey with Russian—a language marked as critical by the U.S. Government—and open doors to exciting career paths, global connections, and

Jessie Beddow, a Russian Studies major, won two scholarships at ECU during the 2024 and 2025 academic year. During the summer of 2025, she will study

In 2025, senior Lexi Karaivanova, a Russian Studies minor mentored by Dr. Justin Wilmes, presented her research analyzing the portrayal of Western roc

On February 15th, 2025, Dr. Justin Wilmes gives a lecture and hosts a discussion with celebrated Ukrainian and Russian documentarian Vitaly Mansky at

On November 7th, 2024, the Russian club hosted Professor Dr. Olga Smirnova’s mother, at the ECU Student Center. Smirnova’s mother shared her personal

Wayne (Sonny) Lehto was awarded a ProjectGO Award including all expenses paid (flight, tuition, room and board, etc.). He studied in Riga, Latvia, for

On two Wednesdays in March and April of 2024, the Russian Club hosted кабачок (Tavern) and Conversation Meetings at the Hardware Bar & Restaurant in G

On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, students gathered to watch the filming screening of ‘Hipsters’ (2008), in Bate Building with Dr. Justin Wilmes. The j

East Carolina University 2022-2023 Russian Studies Events *All events are Wednesday evenings at 5:00 pm Nov 9 – Russian Tea & Conversation (Theme: Нов

The Interdisciplinary Program in Russian Studies, Departments of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Economics, Political Sciences, and the Thomas Harrio